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Touch, sight, smell,taste, and hearing.
These are the five senses that help us survive and guide us through our everyday lives.
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Living life without one of the main senses can be trulychallenging.
Trying to manage herexpectations, she also explained that getting the implant fully operational is a process.
Since this was the very first activation session, their goal was only to get the volume levels right.
From there, things got emotional, and tears started dropping.
My name is Lance Dolf-Richards.
Im 35 years old, and Im from Cape Town, South Africa.
I used the pot and lid to hit on the ground.
They found out that I could not hear in both ears.
Encouraged by his two best friends, Ashleigh and Nicole, the actor didnt hesitate for long.
E.g., a bird singing or the sound of a dog barking.
The responsibility falls on both the hearing community not to be ignorant and deaf people to educate others.
Some people do think hearing-loss people are dumb and cant talk.
They are not dumb.
Dont ever ignore or get irritated when deaf people ask [you] to repeat [something].
Rather, write/key in down what was said.
Being deaf is a challenge when growing up, but it is also not the end of the world.
The silver lining to being deaf is learning how unique and strong you are.
Work hard and make your dreams come true.
Deaf people do have talents, and they CAN be successful.
After all, while we might be different, were all equal nonetheless.
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